Now in its 11th year, Creatures of Habitat has connected 1000’s of youth in Greater Victoria schools to the surrounding land and water. The streams, beaches and forests have Peninsula Streams to thank for organizing and delivering the education program powered by volunteers from the local community. Originally, I was scheduled to be in committee meetings in Vancouver this week, but those meetings were cancelled. So I joined Ian Bruce and a group of grade 6 kids from Bayside Middle School at S Ṉ ID Ȼ E Ƚ (Tod Inlet) to terminate daphne . The ornamental shrub is available in garden centres but if it is left unattended it can aggressively take over natural spaces. Thankfully, daphne is easy to pull and students in the Brentwood area have been tearing it from the forest in Tod Inlet each year. No better place to be! Needless to say, I am happy to trade the florescent lights of a downtown Vancouver boardroom for the fresh air and spring sunshine of S Ṉ ID Ȼ E Ƚ ...
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